Hi,

First of all I'm about as new to real estate as you can get. Is investing in single family home rentals a waste of time? I've always been interested in it but just never had the motivation. I live in San Diego...

In August I went under contract for a 6 unit (2 building) property. Three units receive section 8 assistance. One of those tenants appeared to be trouble from the start. The seller advised me of issues she had been ha...

So I am looking at closing on a house at the end of the week, fsbo. The owner is not exactly trusting, wouldn't sign anything until I was happy with the property and was prepared to pay in full.

So I had a property i...

Having our first family reunion near Dallas Texas.  My wife wanted to go antiquing so I dropped her in a town. Won’t give the specifics since I might see if my two Texas nieces wanted to do a storage deal here.  Sitti...

Hello, I am looking for recommendation for a property management software. I have 10 doors that I manage on my own now. What I need the software for is basically to report the monthly rent to a credit bureau on regula...

Hi all,My name is Mike and I live in the Mayfair area of Chicago.  So I’ve been lurking this site for a few weeks now, drowning myself in content. I have used the search function as much as I can to get answers to my...

BP Family,Have you ever had a tenant that always calling you to do a maintenance? Or consistently finds a problem for minor repairs? What have you done differently to reduce the numbers of complaints that something th...

Hey BP I have been thinking a lot about the issue of depreciation on rental properties and what happens when you sell one after a long time without use of a 1031. I guess I have been thinking about a property that is ...

Life is too short to not have a little fun!

Me (don't worry I'll keep it short and sweet!):

Glassblowing (well, actually flameworking), here I use a propane / oxygen / compressed air mix and a German torch to heat u...

I just started reading 'Landlording in Autopilot' and just read about having great tenants take over cosmetic projects such as replacing carpet. In the book the author states this allows tenant to take ownership in th...